Tag Archives: 4 deserts

We have just posted report with 27 photos of the the Madagascar Race 2014. The Madagascar Race is a 250 km (155 miles) running race which is part of 4 Deserts Roving Race series. The 2014 edition started in the north of Madagascar, close to the city of Antsiranana and went South – Soutwest to […]

Here is the story and 60 photos of the Gobi March Race 2012. The Gobi March is a 250 km (155 miles) running race which takes place in the Gobi desert, around Kashgar. Kashgar is on the western part of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, near the border with Tajikistan. There are 6 […]

Gobi Race: 6th Stage, 16.4 km. The last stage was only 16.4 km but it was tough. We were all tired by 7 days of race, altitude, heat, heavy pack, stomach problems, sore musclesâ€¦ We all said before the start that we will go slowly butâ€¦ when the race started, everybody ran like crazy trying […]

Gobi Race: 5th Stage. 3rd overall! We had the long stage yesterdayâ€¦ We woke up at 5am, after another cold night. We prepared our kit and got on the bus at 7am for a 2 hour drive to reach the start. I ate the breakfast in the bus and tried to get some rest. We […]

Gobi Race: 4th Stage, 39 km +650 m. This stage was supposed to be long and difficult… and it was. And it was also very scenic, technical and fun. All started after a cold night but I guess it could have been worse. Getting up in the dark and cold, still a bit tired from […]

Gobi Race: 3rd Stage. 5th overall! This third stage started off in a village, we ran for a while in the village with a forest and fields around. Then we ran on a hilly and extremely rocky and technical ground, with nice view over the mountains in the background. I joined Anne-Marie (leading woman) and […]

Yesterday I finally could get a good night of sleep, the first one since I left France. Still, I was not feeling so well this morning, we woke up at 6h, 2hr before the start but I managed to arrive late to the briefing, half dressedâ€¦ I started this second stage of the Gobi March […]

I have mixed feeling about this first stage of the Gobi March (China), after a cold night the weather in the morning was great, not warm at all and with a nice breeze, except that we had it in our face most of the stage. Unfortunately the distance has been reduced to 32 km instead […]